NATIONAL GRID USA COMPANIES’ INCENTIVE THRIFT PLAN
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2022 AND 2021
AND FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2022
NOTE 1 | DESCRIPTION OF PLAN |
The following description of National Grid USA Companies’ Incentive Thrift Plan (the Plan) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan document for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.
Plan Description
The Plan was established effective September 1, 1984, pursuant to the authorization of the Board of Directors of certain subsidiaries of the New England Electric System (“NEES”), to provide a long-range program of systematic savings for eligible employees (the “Participants”). The Plan was renamed National Grid USA Companies’ Incentive Thrift Plan II upon the merger between National Grid plc and NEES on March 22, 2000, at which time NEES was renamed National Grid USA. The Plan is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
Employees of participating subsidiaries of National Grid USA (collectively, the “Employers” or the “Company”) who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement, are eligible to participate in the Plan, have various Employers’ Matching Contribution (“Matching Contribution”) formulas, and are eligible for Matching Contributions as determined under the terms of the respective collective bargaining agreement for each participating union group.
Employees of participating subsidiaries of National Grid USA (collectively, the “Employers” or the “Company”) who are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement are immediately eligible to participate in the Plan upon employment, but will not receive Employer Matching Contributions (“Matching Contributions”) from the Employers until the first of the month following three months of service.
The plan administrator is the Retirement Plans Committee of National Grid USA Service Company, Inc. (the “Administrator”). The Board of Directors of National Grid plc has the governing authority to amend the Plan, but has delegated certain amending authority to the Board of Directors of National Grid USA Service Company, Inc. (“Service Company”).
Vanguard serves as record keeper of the Plan. The Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company is trustee and custodian for all assets and Participant accounts with the exception of the self-directed brokerage accounts. TD Ameritrade is the custodian for the self-directed brokerage accounts.
Effective December 31, 2021, the National Grid USA Companies’ Incentive Thrift Plan I (“Thrift Plan I”) merged into this Plan. Net assets of $3,263,701,210 transferred over from Thrift Plan I. The Plan document was restated effective December 31, 2021 in light of the merger. A Roth provision was added to the Plan effective as of that date.
On May 25, 2022 National Grid USA Companies sold one of their business units, Narragansett Electric Company, to PPL in an asset sale. As a result, those affected employees became employees of PPL and are eligible to rollover their accounts to the PPL plan.
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